Modern Touring: New School Tricks With Old School Hustle

Here we explore how both forward thinking entrepreneurial artists and music tech companies like Bandsintown are pushing the envelope on how they market themselves  in order to launch successful tours.

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Bandsintown Nears 45 Million Registered Fans

[UPDATED] Bandsintown shared that it now has close to 45 million registered fans using the system to discover and track live concerts. They generate about 500,000 clicks daily. More than. Continue reading

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Bandsintown Launches NYC Performance Space At Velvet Underground Experience

Concert discovery platform Bandsintown announced the launch of The Bandsintown Studio, a dedicated performance space located at the new Velvet Underground Experience exhibition, which opened on Oct. 10th.

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Alexa Now Answers Questions About Concerts, Venues Powered By Bandsintown

Amazon's Alexa can now answer questions about upcoming concerts and top music venues worldwide.  Tour dates are drawn from Bandsintown. Examples of the new Alexa voice commands include: 

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Bandsintown Adds Free Instagram Concert Marketing Tool

Bandsintown has added a unique free tool to announce concerts and sell tickets directly on Instagram via the concert discovery platform's new Events Landing Page. Instagram has quickly become a. Continue reading

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Songkick Adds Free Concert Analytics, Users Pass 150M

Concert discovery app Songkick has announced the addition of free artist specific fan and gig analytics, alongside some impressive new user, concert listing and SEO stats of their own. Songkick. Continue reading

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Bandsintown Adds Int’l Partners, 35% Users Now Outside Of North America

Concert discovery and marketing app Bandsintown has announced key partnerships in Japan and France to further expand its international reach. 35% of Bandsintown's 130 million monthly active users are currently from outside. Continue reading

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BandsInTown Adds Events Landing Page For Social Sharing

Concert discovery and marketing app BandsInTown has added free Events Landing Pages to its BandsInTown manager platform that are shareable on social media via a custom shortlink. 

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this rummage through a full week of music business happenings, we revisit Snapchat's new musical partnerships, Facebook's dive into the music industry, Haim's firing of their booking agent, and. Continue reading

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Snapchat Gets Musical with BandsInTown, Patreon, Pandora, SoundHound, Eventbrite More

[UPDATED] Music related services including BandsInTown, Patreon, Eventbrite, Pandora and SoundHound are among the first to take advantage of Snap Kit, a new developer platform connecting Snapchat with apps and. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: Midem Day 1 • MusiCares Indie Investigation • Bandsintown + CMT • More

TUESDAY 6.5.18 Music Business News From Around The Web  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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